Qui/Qui est-ce qui [conjugated verb] ? = Who ... ? (French Questions)

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In cases when you ask who does something, there are two ways in French.

Learn how to ask questions with "who" in French

1. Who ... ?

C'est qui ?Who's that?

Qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?

Qui fait ça ?Who is doing that?
 

2. Qui est-ce qui ... ?

Qui means who but there is a longer form in which qui appears twice: qui est-ce qui ...? (literally: who is it who...). 

Qui est-ce qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?
 

Qui est-ce qui fait ça ?Who is doing that?
 


ATTENTION: 

You can also sometimes encounter the form c'est qui qui, however, this is NOT a grammatically correct form to use!

C'est qui qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?
 literally: It's who who is coming to eat?

 

See also Qui/Qui est-ce que ... ? = Whom ... ? (French Questions)

 

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Examples and resources

C'est qui ?Who's that?
Qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?
Qui fait ça ?Who is doing that?
Qui est-ce qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?
Qui est-ce qui fait ça ?Who is doing that?
C'est qui qui vient manger ?Who's coming to eat?
Qui te rejoint tous les matins ?Who meets you every morning?
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